Butterfly Room

Our Nursery

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Butterfly Room

What to expect when you visit our Butterfly Room.From three years to five years.The room consists of toileting and changing facilities and a large play area.

The EnvironmentThe Butterfly Room is a large room offering children a variety of resources to explore and learn. Within the room there is a variety of different areas:Technology, art and craft, small world, numeracy and literacy, cosy corner story, water play and home corner and imaginative play.The room operates on a free flow basis where children are encouraged to make choices and decissions based on what they want to do with the support of the staff.

The Butterfly TeamThere will be members of staff spread out within the room supporting the children in their play and learning and offering a variety of experiences for children to join in if they would like.Each child is allocated a key worker who is responsible for supporting and planning for their key worker children. Staffs liaise with parents/carers on a daily basis through informal chats.There is also a whiteboard which informs you of some of thekey experiences planned for the day.

Our Daily RoutineThe routine within the Butterfly Room again is very flexible. Staff plan a variety of experiences daily so children have a choice of what they would like to do between free flow and planned activities. There is a free flow access between indoors and outdoors throughout the day.The nursery follows the Argyll and Bute Council Learning and Development framework 0-5 years with children at the centre of what we do and plan for their development and interests.Information can be given for each topic so please check our notice board for our Home Links.

"The outside play area is well thought out and provides very good facilities for playing and learning" - Care Inspectorate

Opening Times

The nursery will be open:Opening times- 8.00am-6.00pm with an early start or late finish available at an extra cost. ELCC (Pre-school) is funded 38 weeks of the year over 600 hours.ClosuresWe are closed 2 weeks at Christmas and New Year in line with Argyll and Bute Council School Holidays. We are also closed at Easter on Good Friday and Easter Monday and 2 in-service days throughout the year, one normally in February and one in November. Our fees are charged 52 weeks of the year.